8. Magic Veggies

8 Magic Veggies Everybody was sad that nothing was growing in our garden. It looked like Emily was going to cry, as usual. I guess we're just terrible gardeners. "You kids need to be patient," Miss Nichol kept telling us.

神奇的蔬菜每个人都很难过，因为我们的花园里什么都不长。 像往常一样，艾米丽似乎要哭了。 我想我们只是糟糕的园丁。 “你们这些孩子要有耐心，”尼科尔小姐一直对我们说。

"Why should I be patient?" I replied. "I'm not sick." But the next morning, the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. We went outside to check on the garden, like we did every day. Miss Nichol wasn't at school yet, but Mr. Tony was watering the garden with a hose. And you'll never believe what we found out there. VEGGIES! Yes! The garden was filled with veggies! Big tomatoes and zucchinis and cucumbers and lots of other veggies I couldn't name because I don't eat that stuff. There were even some bananas. It was amazing! They grew suddenly, out of nowhere! And they were fully grown, and all over the garden! "Yee-haw!" we all shouted. "Ya-hoo!" Everybody was buzzing.* "Isn't this wonderful?" asked Mr. Tony. "We can eat some of these veggies for lunch today!" said Ryan, who will eat anything. We picked the veggies and put them into bags that Mr. Tony gave us.

“我为什么要有耐心？”我回答说。 “我没病。”但是第二天早上，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 像往常一样，我们到外面去看看花园。 尼科尔小姐还没到校，但托尼先生正在用水管给花园浇水。 你绝对不会相信我们在那里发现了什么。 蔬菜!是的!花园里种满了蔬菜！大西红柿、西葫芦、黄瓜和其他很多我叫不出名字的蔬菜，因为我不吃那些东西。 甚至还有一些香蕉。 太神奇了！它们突然冒了出来！它们都长大了，满花园都是！“嗯——嗬！”我们都叫了起来。 “Ya-hoo !”每个人都在议论纷纷。“这不是很棒吗？”托尼先生问。 “我们今天午餐可以吃一些这些蔬菜！”瑞恩说，他什么都吃。 我们把蔬菜摘下来放进托尼先生给我们的袋子里。

"Hey, wait a minute!" Andrea suddenly shouted. "I don't think these veggies grew in our garden."

“嘿，等一下！”安德烈突然喊道。 “我不认为这些蔬菜是我们花园里长出来的。”

"What makes you think that?" asked Michael. "They have price tags on them," said Andrea. WHAT?! Andrea was right! She showed us a tomato with a little tag on it that said "3 for $1." "Somebody bought these veggies in a store!" Andrea shouted. "They put them in the garden so we would think we grew them ourselves!" WHAT?! Who would do a thing like that? Andrea looked at Emily. Emily looked at Michael. Michael looked at Alexia. Alexia looked at me. I looked at Neil. Neil looked at Andrea. Everybody was looking at everybody else. Finally, Mr. Tony turned off the hose and stepped forward. "It was me," he said sadly. "Gasp!" we all gasped.

“你为什么这么想？”迈克尔问。 “上面有价签，”安德里亚说。 什么? !安德里亚是对的！她给我们看了一个西红柿，上面有一个小标签，上面写着“3分”。 “有人在商店里买了这些蔬菜！”安德里亚喊道。 “他们把它们放在花园里，好让我们以为是我们自己种的！”什么? !谁会做这种事？ 安德烈看着爱米丽。爱米丽看着迈克尔。 迈克尔看着阿丽克西娅。亚历克西娅看着我。 我看着尼尔。尼尔看着安德里亚。 每个人都看着别人。 最后，托尼先生关上水管，走上前去。 “是我，”他伤心地说。 “喘气！”我们都倒吸了一口气。

"I admit it," said Mr. Tony. "I was at the supermarket last night and I bought those veggies." "Why?" asked Andrea. "I was so disappointed that your seeds weren't sprouting," Mr. Tony said. "And you kids looked so sad." "It's okay," said Alexia, patting Mr. Tony on the back. "You were only trying to make us feel better."

“我承认，”托尼先生说。 “我昨晚在超市买了那些蔬菜。” “为什么？”安德烈问。“你的种子没有发芽，我很失望，”托尼说。 “你们这些孩子看起来很伤心。” “没关系，”亚历克西娅拍拍托尼先生的背说。 “你只是想让我们感觉好点。”

At that moment, Miss Nichol arrived on her tractor, wearing a T-shirt that said I WET MY PLANTS on it. Well, the tractor wasn't wearing the T-shirt. She was. You can't fit a T-shirt on a tractor. "What's up, y'all?" Miss Nichol asked as she hopped off the tractor. "Mr. Tony bought veggies at the supermarket," said Neil. "He put them in the garden so we would think we grew them." "Mr. Tony is full of baloney," I added. "I'm sorry," said Mr. Tony, hanging his head. That's when the weirdest thing in the history of the world happened. I'm not going to tell you what it was. Okay, okay, I'll tell you. But you have to read the next chapter. So nah-nah-nah boo-boo on you.

就在这时，尼科尔小姐开着拖拉机来了，她穿着一件t恤，上面写着“我把植物弄湿了”。 拖拉机上可没穿t恤。 她是。你没法把t恤塞进拖拉机里。 “你们好吗？”尼科尔小姐一边跳下拖拉机一边问。 “托尼先生在超市买蔬菜，”尼尔说。 “他把它们放在花园里，这样我们就会以为是我们种的。” “托尼先生满口胡言，”我补充说。 “对不起，”托尼先生低下头说。 就在那时，世界历史上最奇怪的事情发生了。 我不会告诉你是什么。 好吧，好吧，我告诉你。 但你得读下一章。 所以不，不，不，不。